Most voters want cut in immigrants

BRITAIN

There is massive support for cuts in immigration among voters of all persuasion, a poll out last night showed.

Among Labour voters 81 per cent want a substantial reduction in immigration.

For Conservative voters the figure is 89 per cent and for Lib Dems it is 83 per cent.

The YouGov survey was organised by a new all-party group on immigration which wants a cap on the number of migrants allowed in.

Labour MP Frank Field, who started the group, said many hard-pressed families were in societies they could "barely recognise" due to an "unprecedented wave" of immigration over 10 years.

He said: "Lower-paid black and white Britons have borne a disproportionately high cost of such immigration through pressure on wages, longer waiting lists for decent housing and increased demand for public services."

The Home Office said: "Migrants are good for the economy. They contributed £6billion last year."